Cucumber Reports (no 4548) - Feature: Time syncing

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4548	14 Aug 2026, 07:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.173	Passed

19.458

Scenario Clock with host's time

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.201

When the network is plugged 0.034

And I successfully configure Tor 13.166

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.218

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.221

Scenario Clock with host's time while using bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.178

When the network is plugged 0.032

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.834

And I configure some normal bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant 11.202

And I wait until Tor is ready 1.928

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.192

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

21.618

Scenario Clock is one day in the future while using obfs4 bridges

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.264

When I bump the system time with "+1 day" 0.136

And I capture all network traffic 0.001

And the network is plugged 0.036

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.791

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode 10.680

And I wait until Tor is ready 2.264

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.092

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges or connectivity check service 0.350

Output 1

Warning: these queries were allowed but not needed: ["fedoraproject.org."]

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.216

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

47.922

Scenario The system time is not synced to the hardware clock

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.115

When I bump the system time with "-15 days" 0.172

And I warm reboot the computer 0.008

And the computer reboots Tails 40.866

Then Tails' hardware clock is close to the host system's time 0.758

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @not_release_blocker

51.243

Scenario Anti-test: Changes to the hardware clock are kept when rebooting

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.193

When I bump the hardware clock's time with "-15 days" 2.061

And I warm reboot the computer 0.004

And the computer reboots Tails 42.887

Then the hardware clock is still off by "-15 days" 0.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.208

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

29.451

Scenario The clock is set to the source date when the hardware clock is way in the past

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And the hardware clock is set to "01 Jan 2000 12:34:56" 0.011

And I start the computer 0.621

And the computer boots Tails 28.700

Then the system clock is just past Tails' source date 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.204

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

24.315

Scenario On a clock with host's time, Tor Connection works even if time sync fails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.194

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects times out 1.071

When the network is plugged 0.025

And I successfully configure Tor 16.971

Then the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

53.916

Scenario I can manually recover from time sync failure when connecting automatically to obfs4 bridges with a clock East of UTC

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.206

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.128

And all notifications have disappeared 3.282

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects fails 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.021

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.748

When I configure the default bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in easy mode without connecting 4.579

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.279

And the Tor Connection Assistant fails to connect to Tor 15.325

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

Then I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.649

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.279

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.095

Then I wait until Tor is ready 4.923

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the default bridges or fake connectivity check service 0.307

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.042

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.203

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

49.999

Scenario I can connect to obfs4 bridges having a clock East of UTC while hiding that I am using Tor

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.266

When I bump the system time with "+8 hours +15 minutes" 0.137

And all notifications have disappeared 3.303

And I capture all network traffic 0.002

And the network is plugged 0.049

And the Tor Connection Assistant autostarts 1.840

# Anti-test: Users east of UTC can't connect to obfs4 bridges

And I configure some obfs4 bridges in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode without connecting 3.877

And I click "Connect to Tor" 1.211

Then the Tor Connection Assistant reports that it failed to connect 11.345

# The "Fix Clock" button allows users to recover from this bug

When I set the time zone in Tor Connection to "Asia/Shanghai" 14.432

Then the system clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect 0.341

# "Asia/Shanghai" is UTC+08:00 all year long (no DST)

And the displayed clock is less than 20 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.306

When I click "Connect to Tor" 1.094

Then I wait until Tor is ready 5.004

And all Internet traffic has only flowed through the configured bridges 0.424

# check that htpdate has done its job

And the system clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect 0.066

And the displayed clock is less than 5 minutes incorrect in "+08:00" 0.294

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.190

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks

26.025

Scenario Time sync before Tor connects sets the same headers as the NetworkManager connectivity check

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.805

And I make sure time sync before Tor connects uses a fake connectivity check service 1.094

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 6.743

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

When I make NetworkManager perform a connectivity check 0.353

Then the fake connectivity check service has received a new HTTP request 0.000

And the HTTP requests received by the fake connectivity check service are identical 0.002

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Time syncing	80	0	0	0	0	80	10	0	10	5:45.173	Passed

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